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sysop@calbbs.com (sysop@calbbs.com)
Wed, 13 Mar 1996 00:11:16 PST

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    Couple of things...

    First, many thanks and congrats to Pavel for getting 1.8.0 into the
    offical release stage!

    Second, #1234:(2)(); still doesn't work.  Since the use of the new
    1-based integer indexing is being encouraged, this should really be in
    there for consistency and completeness.

    Third, I have a suggestion for the #0:bf_foo() situation to make
    everyone happy:

    $server_options.protect_foo == 1 : everything behaves as it presently
                                       does
    $server_options.protect_foo == 2 : #0:bf_foo() is called instead for ALL
                                       calls to foo() not on #0, whether
                                       wizardly or not

    Depending on the situation, some builtins may be better off overridden
    in all cases(for bookkeeping, perhaps), and others only in nonwiz
    cases(for security).

    Fourth, floating points are just slightly off (see my last post).
    In beta3, 1.6 => 1.6; in p1, 1.6 => 1.600000000000004 (or something
    similar).

    And finally, for completeness sake I suggest a tovalue() or fromliteral()
    builtin.  If this is non-trivial I'm willing to wait for someone else to
    do this or perhaps attempt it myself, but if not I'd be nice to see it
    in 1.8.0.

    And a few things unrelated to server development...

    Anyone know why the server completely freezes when it attempts to open
    a network connection but the remote system is lagged or not responding?
    Is it just my setup that's doing this, or is this normal?  Any way
    around it?

    Anyone intrested in holding a conference on taking advantage of the
    awesome new enhancements 1.8.0 brings?  I've made a multitude of
    modifications to my MOO's core to have it take advantage of scattering
    assignments, try-except-endtry, the new #0 verbs, floating point, etc.,
    and I'm sure others have too.  It'd be nice to get together and compile
    a list of uses for these new features.  I'd also like a chance to share
    ideas for the uses of extensions like FUP and DSA.
    If anyone is intrested in attending such a gathering, let me know.

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       Brian Buchanan    sysop@calbbs.com    brian@wasteland.calbbs.com
    -= ArchWizard of Digital Wasteland MOO (wasteland.calbbs.com 8888) =-